deal (2003)

Flatlines
of light
(silver, amber, white)
speed on
thru greyblur
cityloop
tunnels

Commuters
stockmarket players
tourists wide-eyed
school-age runaways
all caught in dream,
windows show nothing,
the in-between

Between station
& station
the tunnel void,
eyes eaten
by sheets of news,
conversations combine:
she reads the time

She, a passenger -
with destination:
2pm
centre city
narcotic swap
illicit dollars
express economics

In 10 minutes
she will find him
waiting in a laneway
with no smile for her -
just a hand
for the fat cash,
the deal & the getaway

Flatlines
of white
vacuumed into the night
burnout & fadeout
thru greyhazed
cityscape
towers